<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/724×482+0+0/resize/724×482!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fbc%2Fbe%2F5d9f015b4ee6b7831535f9d42eda%2Fsciencesourceimages-1820049-webres.jpg' alt='This computer illustration shows an Einstein-Rosen bridge, also known as a wormhole. Wormholes feature heavily in the fifth season of Netflix series Stranger Things, whose series finale airs Dec. 31.
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The final episode of fifth season of the Netflix series Stranger Things is out this week, and the concept of a wormhole figures largely into it. While the show is a work of fiction, theoretical wormholes have making appearances for decades not only in science fiction but in actual science.
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